From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chant \Chant\, v. i.
1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the
sound of the viol." --Amos vi. 5.
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2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
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To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their
praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See
Chaunter. --Thackeray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chant \Chant\, n. [F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr.
canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]
1. Song; melody.
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2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts
by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung
or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
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4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]
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His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay.
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Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian.
Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing
five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding
stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common
refrain.
Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere
to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]
1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
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The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
--Spenser.
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2. To celebrate in song.
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The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall.
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3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or
to a tune called a chant.
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